Where does “bast” come from?

bast (Middle English) comes from Old English bæst, from Proto-West Germanic bast, from Proto-Germanic bastaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- — bundle, band.

bast (Middle English): A cord or cable manufactured using bast; Bast;...

Definitions

  1. A cord or cable manufactured using bast; Bast;...

Ancestry of “bast”, step by step

bast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bæst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbæstbast; inner bark of a tree from which rope is...
2Proto-West Germanicbastrope, fibre
3Proto-Germanicbastazrope, fibre
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰask-bundle, band

via Old French bast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
2Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
3Latinbastāre—
4Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

Words derived from “bast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bastaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bast →
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